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Selected Verse: Luke 1:20 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 1:20 |
King James |
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
dumb--speechless.
not able--deprived of the power of speech (Luk 1:64). He asked a sign, and now he got it.
until the day that these things shall be performed--See on Luk 1:64. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Because thou believest not ... - This was both a sign and a judgment - a sign that he had come from God, and that the thing would be fulfilled: and a judgment for not giving credit to what he had said. There is no sin in the sight of God more aggravated than unbelief. When God speaks; man should believe; nor can he that "will not" believe escape punishment. God speaks only truth, and we should believe Him. God speaks only what is for our good, and it is right that we should suffer if we do not credit what He says. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Thou shalt be silent (ἔσῃ σιωπῶν)
Lit., thou shalt be being silent. The finite verb and participle denote continuance.
Not able to speak
Showing that the silence would not be voluntary.
My words which (οἵτινες)
The pronoun is qualitative, denoting a class. "My words, which, incredible as they seem to you, are of a kind which shall be fulfilled.
In their season (εἰς τὸν καιρὸν)
The preposition implies exactness: at the completion of the appointed time. The process of fulfilment, beginning now, will go on, εἰς, up to, the appointed time, and at the time will be consummated. Καιρὸν, season, is more specific than χρόνος, time. It is an a appointed, fitting time: the right point of time when circumstances shall concur. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thou shalt be dumb - The Greek word signifies deaf, as well as dumb: and it seems plain, that he was as unable to hear, as he was to speak; for his friends were obliged to make signs to him, that he might understand them, Luk 1:62. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Thou shalt be dumb - Σιωπων silent; this translation is literal; the angel immediately explains it, thou shalt not be able to speak. Dumbness ordinarily proceeds from a natural imperfection or debility of the organs of speech; in this case there was no natural weakness or unfitness in those organs; but, for his rash and unbelieving speech, silence is imposed upon him by the Lord, and he shall not be able to break it, till the power that has silenced him gives him again the permission to speak! Let those who are intemperate in the use of their tongues behold here the severity and mercy of the Lord; nine months' silence for one intemperate speech! Many, by giving way to the language of unbelief, have lost the language of praise and thanksgiving for months, if not years! |
64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.